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Biographical Materials, 1913-1986
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Lyrics on Several Occasions
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BOX-FOLDER 71/11 |
A Miscellany of Acclaim |
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BOX-FOLDER 71/12 |
Euphoria Revisited |
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BOX-FOLDER 71/13 |
Afterword |
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BOX-FOLDER 71/14 |
Worksheets; Saturday review, 1959 August 29
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BOX-FOLDER 141/62-64, 145/1 |
Preparatory notes, research, and unused
drafts |
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BOX 138 |
Galley proof |
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BOX 72-101, 137 |
Scrapbooks, 1913-1986
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The scrapbooks are divided into three subseries. The first and second subseries,
"Biographical" and " Porgy and Bess " respectively,
are organized in chronological order. The third subseries, "Miscellany," is
organized by subject matter. Books 1-31 will be served on microfilm: #93/20013.
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Biographical
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BOX-BOOK 72/1 |
Book 1, 1913-1924
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60 p. + |
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BOX-BOOK 73/2 |
Book 2, 1925-1926
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51 p. + |
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Includes: Concerto in
F; Rhapsody in Blue; Tell Me More; 135th
Street; Lady Be Good! (English
production) |
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BOX-BOOK 74/3 |
Book 3, 1927-1929
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54 p. + |
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Includes:
Strike Up the Band; Funny
Face; Rosalie; trip to Paris; Treasure Girl; An American
in Paris; The Dybbuk; GG takes up
painting; Show Girl; Strike Up the Band (2nd version) |
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BOX-BOOK 75/4 |
Book 4, 1930-1931
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57 p. + |
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Includes:
Strike Up the Band; Girl
Crazy; Of Thee I Sing; Delicious
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BOX-BOOK 76/5 |
Book 5, 1932-1934
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54 p. + |
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Includes:
Delicious; Of Thee I
Sing; Second Rhapsody; Pardon My English; Pulitzer Prize; father's
obituary; Cuban Overture; Let 'Em Eat Cake; Arts Club of Chicago exhibition of the George
Gershwin Collection of Modern Paintings; national tour |
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BOX-BOOK 77/6 |
Book 6, 1934 August-1939
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78 p. + |
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Includes:
Life Begins at 8:40; Porgy and Bess; Ziegfeld Follies of
1936; Suite from Porgy and Bess;
Shall We Dance; GG illness and death; A Damsel in Distress; "Love Walked In" #1 tune;
"Dawn of a New Day" anthem for worlds fair |
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BOX-BOOK 78/7 |
Book 7, 1940-1945
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63 p. + |
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Includes:
Lady in the Dark; Girl
Crazy (film); Toscanini conducts Rhapsody in
Blue; Cover Girl; Lady in the Dark (film); The
Firebrand of Florence; Where Do We Go from
Here? (film); Rhapsody in Blue (film
biography) |
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BOX-BOOK 79/8 |
Book 8, 1946-1951
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59 p. + |
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Includes:
Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (film); Park Avenue; The Shocking
Miss Pilgrim (film); The Barkleys of
Broadway (film); death of mother Rose; death of Kurt Weill; An American in Paris (film) |
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BOX-BOOK 80/9 |
Book 9, 1952-1955
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70 p. |
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Includes:
An American in Paris (film) academy awards;
Of Thee I Sing (revival); Give a Girl a Break (film); Lady in the Dark (TV); A Star is
Born (film); The Country Girl (film)
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BOX-BOOK 81/10 |
Book 10, 1956-1959
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53 p. |
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Includes:
Funny Face (film); Ewen biography "The Magic of
Gershwin"; Ira's illness; Bell Telephone Hour
-"Gershwin" (TV); Ella Fitzgerald Gershwin concert and recording |
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BOX-BOOK 82/11 |
Book 11, 1960-1962
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52 p. |
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Includes:
Oh, Kay (revival); Of
Thee I Sing (production); Girl Crazy;
The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook; The Gershwin Years (TV) |
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BOX-BOOK 83/12 |
Book 12, 1963-1964
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50 p. + |
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Includes: ASCAP plaque on birthplace; Oh, Kay!; 17 trunk songs unearthed by Ira; The
Songs of Harold Arlen (TV); fire at Chappell's in London; death of Cole
Porter; Kiss Me, Stupid (film) |
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BOX-BOOK 84/13 |
Book 13, 1965-1967
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61 p. + |
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Includes:
Kiss Me, Stupid (film); When the Boys Meet the Girls (film); George
Gershwin's Theater (An Unusual Entertainment); Honorary degree for
Ira from University of Maryland; Lady in the
Dark (Pasadena Playhouse); Star!
(film) |
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BOX-BOOK 85/14 |
Book 14, 1968-1972
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100 p. |
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Includes:
Lady, Be Good! (London); Star! (film); Of Thee I Sing
(revival); Who Cares (Balanchine ballet);
Gershwin Festival (University of Miami); Ira elected to the Songwriters Hall
of Fame; 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S
Gershwin (TV); Of Thee I Sing (TV);
Gershwin exhibit at Library of Congress; George Gershwin stamp issued
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BOX-BOOK 86/15 |
Book 15, 1973-1975
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82 p. |
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Includes: George Gershwin stamp; 75th
anniversary of George's birth; Gershwin Film Retrospective; 50th Anniversary
of Rhapsody in Blue; Lady
Be Good! (at Goodspeed); Uris Theater renamed The Gershwin;
"Tribute to Ira Gershwin" Benefit; "Mr. Words," a musical salute to Ira
Gershwin; "Our Love Is Here to Stay" with Steve and Eydie (TV) |
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BOX-BOOK 87/16 |
Book 16, 1976-1982
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124 p. |
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Includes: Lyrics and Lyricists "The Lyrics of
Ira Gershwin"; Tip Toes (at Goodspeed); Let 'Em Eat Cake (Berkshires); Funny Face (Studio Arena and Goodspeed); "By
Ira...By George" Tribute at Carnegie Hall; Gershwin
Concert ballet by Jerome Robbins; "Celebrating the Gershwins" at
Brooklyn College; Secaucus scores found |
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BOX-BOOK 88/17 |
Book 17, 1983 January-May
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96 p. |
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Includes: Restored version of A Star is Born; Rosalie (concert revival); My One and
Only
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BOX-BOOK 89/18 |
Book 18, 1983 May-August
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92 p. |
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Includes:
My One and Only; Gershwin Tony Award and
tribute; renaming the Uris Theater to the Gershwin; Michael Feinstein
interview with Ira; restored version of A Star is
Born
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BOX-BOOK 90/19 |
Book 19, 1983 August-1984 October
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100 p. |
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Includes: Ira's death; Hang On To Me; Oh, Kay! (at
Chichester Festival); Strike Up the Band
(revival); Gershwin Room at the Library of Congress planned |
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BOX-BOOK 91/20 |
Book 20, 1984 October-1985 December
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84 p. |
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Includes: Ira's death; Gershwin Night at the
Library of Congress; My One and Only; Gershwin
Congressional Medal |
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BOX-BOOK 91/21 |
Book 21, 1986 January-August
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32 p. |
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Includes:
My One and Only; George and Ira Gershwin
awarded the Academy's Trustee Award at the Grammys; Girl Crazy (at Seattle Rep) |
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Porgy and Bess
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BOX-BOOK 92/22 |
Book 1, 1935-1954 July
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172 p. |
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Includes: Original production of Porgy and Bess, tours, 1942 revival, 1952 revival
(that goes on to European tour and returns to Broadway) |
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BOX-BOOK 93/23 |
Book 2, 1954 August-1956
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72 p. |
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Includes:
Porgy and Bess in Paris, Zagreb, Yugoslavia,
Israel, Alexandria, Athens, Cairo, La Scala, Milan, Rome, Lausanne, Geneva,
Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Russia, West Germany, Poland, Norway, and
Czechoslovakia; Truman Capote's "The Muses are Heard" (about Russian tour)
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BOX-BOOK 94/24 |
Book 3, 1957-1959
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52 p. |
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Includes:
Porgy and Bess film; various recordings
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BOX-BOOK 94/25 |
Book 4, 1960-1965
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50 p. |
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Includes:
Porgy and Bess film in London; NY City Center
Light Opera production; Russian student production; New Zealand production;
Coconut Grove Playhouse production; Vienna production |
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BOX-BOOK 95/26 |
Book 5, 1966-1976
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62 p. |
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Includes:
Porgy and Bess Israeli production; Charleston
production; Berlin production; Serbian production; Lisbon, Portugal
production; LA Civic Light Opera production; Atlanta production; recording
with Cleveland Orchestra; Houston Opera production (tour) |
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BOX-BOOK 96/27 |
Book 6, 1977-1984
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108 p. |
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Includes:
Porgy and Bess Houston Opera (tour continued);
1978 European tour; "Todd Duncan: A Mighty Voice" (TV); Houston Opera
revival at Radio City; various other productions |
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BOX-BOOK 97/28 |
Book 7, 1985-1986 August
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64 p. |
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Includes:
Porgy and Bess 50th anniversary; Metropolitan
Opera production; DuBose Heyward Centennial Celebration; 50th anniversary
production at Charleston, South Carolina; Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1986
production |
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Miscellany
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BOX-BOOK 98/29 |
Miscellaneous clippings: Volume 1, 1947-1971
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44 p. |
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Includes: Articles and obituaries on other
composers, lyricists, writers, performers, the music industry, etc.
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BOX-BOOK 98/30 |
Miscellaneous clippings: Volume 2, 1972-?
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102 p. |
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Includes: Articles and obituaries on other
composers, lyricists, writers, performers, the music industry, etc.
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BOX-BOOK 99/31 |
Ira Gershwin Lyrics on
Several Occasions, 1959-1977
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48 p. |
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First scrapbooks |
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BOX-FOLDER 100/32 |
George Gershwin, 1909?-1920
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36 p. + |
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BOX-FOLDER 100/33 |
Ira Gershwin, 1908-1910
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143 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 101/34 |
George Gershwin memorial scrapbook, 1937 July 11 - August 11
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560 p. |
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BOX-FOLDER 137/22 |
Frances Gershwin New
York Times clipping, 1928
November 4
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BOX 102-108, 132-137, 139, 141, 144, 145 MAPCASE FOLDER 1 |
Iconography, 1894-1991
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The iconography is divided into two subseries, "Photographs" and "Paintings and
drawings." |
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Photographs
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The photographs are divided into five subseries. The first, fourth and fifth
subseries, "Photographs taken by George Gershwin," "Photographs belonging to
George Gershwin," and "Miscellaneous" photographs, are organized alphabetically
by subject's name. The second and third subseries, "Photographs of George
Gershwin and family and friends," "Photographs of Ira, Arthur, Frances Gershwin
Godowsky, and other family members and friends," are organized in chronological
order. |
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Photographs taken by George
Gershwin |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-1 |
Irving Berlin |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-2 |
Irving Berlin |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-3 |
Henry Botkin |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-4 |
Gloria Braggioti |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-5 |
William Daly |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-6 |
William Daly |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-7 |
Ruby Elzy |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-8 |
George Gershwin |
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(Self portrait) |
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BOX-FOLDER 102/I-9 |
George Gershwin, Irving Berlin |
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